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by voluntary societies. As the nurse has to report on the sanitary
condition of the tenements, it is desirable that she should hold
a certificate of competency in sanitary matters.
Voluntary Workers are capable of rendering great service in
connection with the annexed details, more especially if the dispensary
is insufficiently supplied with nurses:
1. On After Care Committees.
2. On Case Committees to discuss cases of poverty and of
difficult home circumstances brought to the notice of the Dispensary
Medical Officer.
3. The re-arranging of the work of members of the patient's
family and finding suitable employment for adult patients.
4. Boot Clubs and Clothing Clubs.
5. Teaching simple cookery and the nutritive values of various
food substances and adjusting the practical use of the instruction
given to the patient's home and circumstances.
6. The visiting of dying patients.
7. The care and nourishment of older children.
8. The selection of children for apprenticing after leaving
school.
9. Looking up patients who have not attended at the dispensary
for some considerable time.
Charitable and Philanthropic Agencies.
Co-operation with these societies is most desirable. In many
boroughs effective help has been rendered by the churches,
chapels, missions, charity organisation society, hospitals, invalid
kitchens, invalid children's aid association, poor law guardians,
children's care committees, and nursing associations in connection
with the following matters:—
1. The supply of extra beds so that the tuberculous patient
may sleep by himself.
2. The provision of extra blankets and warm clothing.